New Mexico Department of Transportation

Associated Press - Wed April 24, 2019

Key New Mexico, Texas Oil Highways Receiving Upgrades

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) A key highway in southeastern New Mexico and another West Texas are getting much-needed upgrades to accommodate the rise in traffic from the region's oil and gas boom. In New Mexico, the state's Department of Transportation is working to renovate U.S....

Associated Press - Thu September 12, 2019

New Mexico Eyes Airport Expansion for Its Booming Oil Region

LOVINGTON, N.M. (AP) Officials in southeastern New Mexico's booming oil and gas region want to expand their regional airport. The Hobbs News-Sun reported Lea County commissioners voted the week of Aug....

Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 23, 2018

NMDOT Won't Cave in to Sinkholes on U.S. 82

When it comes to road construction, engineers and construction crews must be prepared for anything, including the possibility that the road will be there one day and gone the next. Fortunately, on U.S....

Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 28, 2018

New Mexico's Highway 41 Undergoes $22M Reconstruction Near Galisteo

Construction has begun on a 9.3-mi., $22 million reconstruction of New Mexico Highway 41 from just south of Galisteo, a census-designated place, south to Clark Hill in northcentral New Mexico. The construction site is west of I-285 and about 79 mi....

Wed November 08, 2017

N.M. County Selects Contractor to Build Road to Spaceport America

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Dona Ana County officials have chosen a contractor to build an improved road to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that county commissioners selected Mountain Slates Construction to build the nearly 24-mi....

Wed October 11, 2017

Historic San Juan River Bridge to Be Decommissioned

SHIPROCK, NM (AP) An historic bridge that spans the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico is slated to be decommissioned now that it has been deemed structurally deficient. The New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration held a meeting on Sept....

Chuck Harvey - Wed June 21, 2017

NMDOT Oversees McCarty's $12.5M Bridge Replacement

Construction is under way on a $12.5-million bridge replacement project at the Interstate 40 and NM 124 interchange (Exit 96) in McCarty's, west of Albuquerque, N.M. The bridge will be built over I-40....

Chuck Harvey - Fri November 11, 2016

$23M N.M. Road Construction Project Continues Near Hobbs

A $23 million pavement rehabilitation and shoulder-widening project will improve safety and travel on NM 529 in Lea County near Hobbs, N.M. The project, designed to improve highway capacity, is currently on schedule and on budget....

Lori Lovely - Thu September 29, 2016

$12M Project Expands NM 47, Improves Safety

In February, the New Mexico Department of Transportation and AUI Inc., the project contractor, began reconstruction of the NM 47 Peralta roadway corridor from milepost 31.0 to 32.8 through the town of Peralta....